EVS TECH 1 - AOH HOUSEKEEPING

Alliance Community Hospital•Orrville, OH

51d

About The Position

The Environmental Services Technician level I is responsible for executing the daily duties required to establish and maintain a safe, hygienic, and aesthetically pleasing care environment. While executing the assigned tasks, the EVS Tech will have contact with patients, visitors, and clinical and non-clinical staff. Contact may include physical, psychological, educational, and safety related and should be appropriate to the specific demographics of patients served in assigned service areas. Responsible for ensuring timely room turns related to patient throughput within the basic principles of environmental hygiene and infection prevention. Also, may be responsible for proper waste handling and disposal, floorcare, and operating room terminal cleaning. The environmental services technician, in accordance with organizational standards of quality, is an essential contributor to cleaning, disinfection, prevention and patient experience.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent preferred
Institutional cleaning experience preferred
Excellent customer service skills

Responsibilities

Maintains a safe working environment; reports unsafe working conditions and/or maintenance concerns to Environmental Services Lead, Coordinator or Director
Uses UV-Disinfecting Robot as assigned or requested
Uses appropriate cleaning products and techniques for the work being done
Completes area assignments in a timely manner
Cleans units, discharge and occupied, according to procedure
Makes unoccupied beds according to procedure
Spot washes walls, spot cleans carpet, high dusts areas according to policy/procedure
Stocks EVS supplies where needed in areas of assignment
Performs wet mopping techniques, according to established procedures
Uses wet floor signs appropriately and removes them in a timely manner
Correctly operates and maintains vacuum cleaners
Keeps cleaning carts clean, stocked, and ready to use
Keeps tools/equipment ready for use. Returns them to their proper location after use
Performs additional area assignments and/or assists co-workers as needed
Reports work activity on Daily Reports
Job is aerobically challenging and requires a high degree of physical activity
Lifting/carrying laundry bags weighing up to 60 pounds
Repetitively lifting laundry bags and hoisting overhead onto soiled laundry carts
Collection and handling of soiled linen from inside the hospital
Maintain linen par levels in assigned areas by stocking as needed
Performs trash disposal duties as assigned:
Collects and transports solid waste to designated disposal locations
Notifies appropriate waste hauler for collection and pick-up as needed
Collects regulated medical waste, sharps and pharmaceutical containers and stores in appropriate areas in compliance with EPA regulations
Uses wet floor signs appropriately and removes them in a timely manner
Operates and maintains floor scrubber appropriately
Spot washes walls, spot cleans carpet, high dusts areas according to policy/procedure